Two side cabinets 1770 - 1830
Ebony, marble, tulipwood, purplewood, boxwood, gilt bronze, hardstone | RCIN 2424
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Pair of side cabinets, with ebony veneer and white marble top; interiors of tulipwood, purplewood and box. Central section contains five drawers, covered by a door inset with 12 Florentine pietra dura panels, depicting flowers and birds. Flanked by two rounded shelves backed with mirrored panels. Mounted in gilt bronze with columns.
Provenance
This pair of cabinets is very similar to pair RCIN 2425.1-2. At least one pair was in the collection by 1807, according to a bill for repairs and regilding submitted by Vulliamy, although both pairs were probably acquired by George IV. Both pairs originally had red mottled brocatello marble tops, and it is possible that one pair may be seen, without the flanking shelves, in Charle's Wild's 1816 watercolour of the Blue Velvet Room at Carlton House. By the late 1820s, this particular pair had been placed in the King's Closet and were transferred to Buckingham Palace in 1834.
Included in the Pictorial Inventory of 1827-33 – RCIN 934921. The inventory was originally created as a record of the clocks, vases, candelabra and other miscellaneous items from Carlton House, as well as selected items from the stores at Buckingham House, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace for consideration in the refurbishment of Windsor Castle.
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Ebony, marble, tulipwood, purplewood, boxwood, gilt bronze, hardstone
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